Northern Illinois Huskies

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	314	4,356	813	5.4	2,226	501	4.4	2,130	312	6.8	230	116	99	99	63	570
Team Rank		69th	72nd	81st	65th	35th	37th	46th	96th	103rd	68th	72nd	40th	89th	89th	28th	43rd
Opponent	13	234	3,880		5.0	1,786	437	4.1	2,094	338	6.2	215	98	96	96	61	464
Opponent Rank		14th	17th		43rd	54th	33rd	73rd	8th	19th	30th	31st	58th	11th	11th	104th	117th
Net		+80	+476	+813	+0.4	+440	+64	+0.4	+36	-26	+0.6	+15	+18	+3	+3	+2	+106
Net Rank		37th	41st	79th	48th	41st	33rd	53rd	62nd	76th	41st	51st	41st	62nd	62nd	66th	93rd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	10	118	211	55.9	21.1	1,528	7.2	152.8	8	9	120.7	3.8	4.3
Dan Nicholson D. Nicholson	4	42	69	60.9	17.3	447	6.5	111.8	3	3	120.9	4.3	4.3
Demarcus Grady D. Grady	6	15	26	57.7	4.3	138	5.3	23.0	2	0	127.7	7.7	0.0
Ryan Morris R. Morris	2	1	2	50.0	1.0	17	8.5	8.5	0	0	121.4	0.0	0.0
Matt Simon M. Simon	8	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	10	118	11.8	539	4.6	53.9	4
Meco Brown M. Brown	13	110	8.5	510	4.6	39.2	2	115	547
Chad Spann C. Spann	12	88	7.3	429	4.9	35.8	8	92	460
Justin Anderson J. Anderson	10	53	5.3	209	3.9	20.9	2
Ricky Crider R. Crider	10	43	4.3	208	4.8	20.8	1	45	238
Demarcus Grady D. Grady	6	39	6.5	188	4.8	31.3	3
Montell Clanton M. Clanton	3	18	6.0	111	6.2	37.0	1
Dan Nicholson D. Nicholson	4	16	4.0	21	1.3	5.3	0
Marcus Perez M. Perez	10	2	0.2	22	11.0	2.2	1	35	503
Ryan Morris R. Morris	2	2	1.0	5	2.5	2.5	0
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	5	1	0.2	12	12.0	2.4	0	13	290
Andy Dittbenner A. Dittbenner	12	1	0.1	-9	-9.0	-0.8	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Marcus Perez M. Perez	10	33	3.3	481	14.6	48.1	2	35	503
Matt Simon M. Simon	8	24	3.0	377	15.7	47.1	2
Reed Cunningham R. Cunningham	11	22	2.0	252	11.5	22.9	3
Landon Cox L. Cox	9	15	1.7	128	8.5	14.2	1
Britt Davis B. Davis	8	14	1.8	113	8.1	14.1	0
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	5	12	2.4	278	23.2	55.6	2	13	290
Greg Turner G. Turner	8	11	1.4	113	10.3	14.1	1
Connor Flahive C. Flahive	5	9	1.8	72	8.0	14.4	0
Kyle Skarb K. Skarb	6	8	1.3	72	9.0	12.0	2
Willie Clark W. Clark	5	6	1.2	79	13.2	15.8	0
Meco Brown M. Brown	13	5	0.4	37	7.4	2.8	0	115	547
Brandon Beal B. Beal	2	4	2.0	49	12.3	24.5	0
Chad Spann C. Spann	12	4	0.3	31	7.8	2.6	0	92	460
Ricky Crider R. Crider	10	2	0.2	30	15.0	3.0	0	45	238
Evans Adonis E. Adonis	2	2	1.0	22	11.0	11.0	0
Jason Schepler J. Schepler	5	2	0.4	15	7.5	3.0	0
Marcus Lewis M. Lewis	2	1	0.5	7	7.0	3.5	0

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
David Bryant D. Bryant	13	47	37	84	1
Mike Sobol M. Sobol	12	43	24	67	3
Tim McCarthy T. McCarthy	13	34	26	60	7		1	20	20	0
Alex Kube A. Kube	13	29	30	59	5
Josh Allen J. Allen	12	26	30	56	6
Melvin Rice M. Rice	12	33	17	50	1
Tracy Wilson T. Wilson	12	22	21	43	1
Chase Carter C. Carter	12	30	10	40	0
Larry English L. English	13	26	11	37	15
Cory Hanson C. Hanson	8	22	15	37	4		1	0	0	0
Bradley Pruitt B. Pruitt	8	17	8	25	3		2	73	36.5	1
Pat Schiller P. Schiller	9			24	2		1	0	0	0
Jake Coffman J. Coffman	9	16	6	22	3	2.0
Brandon Bice B. Bice	9	15	7	22	10	6.5
Alex Krutsch A. Krutsch	10	6	15	21	2
Mike Krause M. Krause	12	12	8	20	2
Patrick George P. George	11			20	2		1	0	0	0
Craig Rusch C. Rusch	10			20	4
D.J. Pirkle	11			17	6
T.J. Griffin	8	10	6	16	3
John Tranchitella J. Tranchitella	9			15	1
Mike Kritikos M. Kritikos	8			10	2
Kiaree Daniels K. Daniels	8			9	0
Adam Coleman A. Coleman	5	2	5	7	1
Spencer Williamson S. Williamson	4	3	2	5	0
Tyler Clasey T. Clasey	5			5	0
Landon Cox L. Cox	9			5	0
Zach Larsen Z. Larsen	1	3	1	4	0
Chad Spann C. Spann	12			4	0
Reed Cunningham R. Cunningham	11	1	1	2	0
Phil Brown P. Brown	3			2	0
Nolan Owen N. Owen	3			2	0
Greg Turner G. Turner	8			2	0
David Pratt D. Pratt	1	1	0	1	0
Kevin Sabock K. Sabock	1	1	0	1	0
Alan Smith A. Smith	1	1	0	1	0
Jake Wertz J. Wertz	1	1	0	1	0
Ricky Crider R. Crider	10			1	0
Britt Davis B. Davis	8			1	0
Trevor Olson T. Olson	2			1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS
Mike Salerno M. Salerno	13			0	18	34	0	0	88
Chad Spann C. Spann	12	8	0	8			0	0	48
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	10	4		4			1	0	26
Reed Cunningham R. Cunningham	11		3	3			0	0	18
Demarcus Grady D. Grady	6	3		3			0	0	18
Marcus Perez M. Perez	10	1	2	3			0	0	18
Justin Anderson J. Anderson	10	2		2			0	0	12
Meco Brown M. Brown	13	2	0	2			0	0	12
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	5	0	2	2			0	0	12
Matt Simon M. Simon	8		2	2			0	0	12
Kyle Skarb K. Skarb	6		2	2			0	0	12
Montell Clanton M. Clanton	3	1		1			0	0	6
Landon Cox L. Cox	9		1	1			0	0	6
Ricky Crider R. Crider	10	1	0	1			0	0	6
Bradley Pruitt B. Pruitt	8			1			0	0	6
Craig Rusch C. Rusch	10			1			0	0	6
Greg Turner G. Turner	8		1	1			0	0	6
D.J. Pirkle	11			0			0	1	2

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Meco Brown M. Brown	13	23	492	21.4	0	9	71	7.9	0
Ricky Crider R. Crider	10	14	375	26.8	0
Jason Schepler J. Schepler	5	4	57	14.3	0
Greg Turner G. Turner	8					4	20	5.0	0
Justin Anderson J. Anderson	10	1	9	9.0	0
Reed Cunningham R. Cunningham	11	1	9	9.0	0
Chad Spann C. Spann	12					1	9	9.0	0
Willie Clark W. Clark	5					1	7	7.0	0
Melvin Rice M. Rice	12					1	0	0.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Mike Salerno M. Salerno	13	18	24	75.0						34	34	100.0	88

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Andy Dittbenner A. Dittbenner	12	41	1,605	39.1
	Mike Salerno M. Salerno	13	6	186	31.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200